Interesting news in the middle of the night: Apple andHTC have announced they've settled all their patent disputes, bringing an end to all running lawsuits between the two companies. The companies signed a ten-year cross-licensing deal. Considering Apple's legal assault on Android hasn't been going particularly well, this really shouldn't come as a surprise.

In the last two years, Apple increased it's market capitalization roughly 150% (a bit less). In the same time frame, HTC nearly lost 50% of its market cap (a bit less, but hugely off of its highs of 2011).